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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Delaware City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Delaware City and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Delaware City:
    • 39.576181, -75.592595
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Delaware City
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected New Castle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle County
    • Since Delaware City is near Salem County and also Cecil County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Salem County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Delaware City

Communities Also Named Delaware City ...

We found two communities that are also named Delaware City.

Within Delaware, the name Delaware City is unique.

Beyond Delaware, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Leavenworth County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Leavenworth County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leavenworth County community of Delaware City.
      • Shawnee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Delaware City [Shawnee County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Delaware City ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Bear
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Carriage Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Carriage Run is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Run
  • Christiana Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Christiana Landing is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana Landing
  • Dobbinsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Dobbinsville is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbinsville
  • Dutch Neck Farms
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dutch Neck Farms is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Neck Farms
  • Fairwinds
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairwinds is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwinds
  • Glasgow Court
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Glasgow Court is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Court
  • Glasgow Pines
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Glasgow Pines is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Pines
  • Hares Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Hares Corner is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hares Corner
  • Hickory Woods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Woods is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
  • Kings Croft
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Kings Croft is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Croft
  • Little Jersey
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Little Jersey is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Jersey
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Mahoneyville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mahoneyville is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoneyville
    • Melanie
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Melanie is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanie
    • Oak Hollow
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Hollow is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hollow
    • Pigeon Run
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Pigeon Run is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Run
    • Pleasantville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Pleasantville is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
    • Red Lion
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Red Lion is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
    • Rivers End
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rivers End is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers End
    • Shingle Landing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Shingle Landing is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingle Landing
    • Sugar Loaf Chase
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Sugar Loaf Chase is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Loaf Chase
    • Thorntown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Thorntown is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorntown
    • Timber Ridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Timber Ridge is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge

How Far From Delaware City to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Delaware City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Delaware City and extending to:

  • Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Delaware City to Wilmington, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 29 miles [46.7 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 90 miles [144.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,808 miles [9,347.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,512 miles [10,480 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,389 miles [7,063.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Delaware City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Delaware City could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Delaware City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Delaware City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Delaware City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5762, Longitude: -75.5926    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.989 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.522 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.834 degrees.